1) Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. Okay, that is his name, but what the hell is a "Union Gap"??? We wondered about that 35 years ago, and were on guard in case one of their insipid ballads came on the radio.

2) This is the one that caused me to post this: "Destiny's Child". What does THAT mean??????? Try to figure it out literally.

back when they were still kind of big and an unannounced gig in a small venue would be a big deal for the public, they'd go by the name Soft White Underbelly. It was the worst-kepped secret in rock; "Soft White Underbelly (wink, wink) is playing at Rod's Suds Pit this Saturday."

I think I believe the elaborate spoof notion; I mean, Buck Dharma? Sounds like a hippie-porn name!

Check out KEXP online - www.kexp.org - it is really a great station where you will hear all kinds of indie stuff (like Archers of Loaf.) It is the station that basically revived my interest in listening to music on the radio after turning off the commercial stations a decade ago.

they were great guys to host. Very down to earth and just happy to be out playing. Before the soundcheck we all sat down and watched The Andy Griffith show - their knowledge of it was frightening and even awe-inspiring.

That is probably right. But I remember one of their albums (I didn't buy it!) showed the band in Civil War Union uniforms. We thought it sorta silly, since it was in the late 60s, and psychedelic was in then. For some reason I thought they were from Ohio.

oh, crap, now there's a memory. My housemates and I let them crash at our apt. one night after a local gig of theirs; now there was a night to remember (if only I could). Good times, good times. They were good guys, too.

The next day, all of us hungover to shit, as they were geting ready to hit the road one of them (IIRC, it was the bass player)asked us, "Where's the beer store?" LOL; not the supermarket, where all sorts of products besides beer are sold, but the beer store!

A Trillion Barnacle Lapse - what the hell does this mean?These Arms Are Snakes - it's at least interesting thoughThis Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - also at least interestingUsurp Synapse - another one no one knows what it meansConstatine Sankathi - I once asked on a board what this meant. The first reply: "I was in the band and even I don't know."Jimmy Eat World - I know what this means, but it's still odd.

The Johns are movie buffs, and their band name is taken from the title of a movie which questions the nature of reality. The movie title itself refers back to _Don Quixote_: the windmills might be windmills--or they might be giants.

Since They sing so often about the nature of reality, and include so many subtle allusions in the songs, the band name is very appropriate.

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